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Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...
North Dakota reports first case of measles in more than a month
North Dakota has reported its first case of measles in more than a month, just as the state hit a milestone that declared the ...
U.S. measles cases at highest in 33 years, CDC says. Here's how many are in Texas
Of the 1,288 measles cases nationwide, a majority of them come from Texas. The Lone Star state's 753 confirmed cases are the ...
More people contracted measles so far this year than any time in the last 30 years, CDC says
More people have contracted measles in the US so far this year than in any year in the last three decades. New data from ...
At least 3% of measles cases this year were in people who were fully vaccinated, CDC says
About three dozen of the nearly 1,200 measles infections in 2025 have been in people with two measles vaccine doses, the CDC ...
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CDC warns measles spike poses a 'renewed threat' to elimination ... - NPR
CDC warns measles spike poses a 'renewed threat' to elimination status So far this year, the U.S. has seen more than 120 cases of the highly contagious disease — more than double the cases for ...
Schumer demands RFK Jr. declare measles emergency, saying he 'walked' US into outbreak
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of gutting ...
CDC steps up measles travel warning after spread in airplane
After investigating 50 of those travelers, the CDC was able to determine that measles spread during air travel in at least one of those situations, the spokesperson said. That is usually based on ...